First let me say thank you for all the response. When I got these drums I wasn't sure what I had. but they played nice. Anyway I posted a couple of pictures. I...
Yes is the same.They were 2 brothers,up to today no conga sounds quite like the Vergaras (Armando or the writer misspelled the last name).I own "Skin on Skin"...
I dont know anthing about the quality of those drums but I think you should go for a conga/tumbadora pair instead of the smaller drums. The quinto and requinto...
Boy will you be surprised at the technique differences! The slaps are vastly different! It's probably more like a "grab" on a dumbek than a slap on a djembe. ...
I've been told that the link to the interview might not have worked. Here it is again... http://www.salsaweb.com/music/articles/peraza_cm.htm -nolan...
HELLO GROUP THE PERSON INTERESTING TO BUY THE MONGO SANTAMARIA CONCERT VIDEO CALL TO 1-787-407-4109 OR WRITE TO ME KONGA@... OR SEND A POSTAL MONEY ORDER...
If anybody is interested,I'm selling most of my conga collection on Ebay.Search for seller doctorumba1.Included is a set of "Skin on Skin" from Jay Bereck in...
I am 58 years old and have played Congas since I was 15 Mongo was the most important influence in my playing. He was not only a master player, but a band...
Vergara made 3 sizes, a 101/4" quinto, an 11" conga and a 12!/2 tumba". Mongo had all 3,one was painted in red for Chango,as Don Ramon era hijo de Chango.Mongo...
I have the normal sizes of LP Classic congas (11, 11 3/4, 12 1/2) but would like a fourth drum, an extra tumbadora. Logically this drum should be 13 1/4 inches...
The body of the drum is wht relly makes the sound "Fat". You probably wnat to look into a drum, which has a larger diameter of body-around the 'belly', so to...
... Very good suggestion.... In fact, and I'm not being intentionally silly, you COULD easily say, "Put your drums aside and learn to clave and 6/8 bell (short...
Steve Tierra
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Nov 3, 2003 5:26 pm
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Second to the comment about how slaps are different. I learned congas first, and was having trouble with slaps, then learned djembe slaps which, when played on...
Thomas, What is it that you want the drum to do? If you are considering adding a tumba to the low end of your set, what pitch are you looking to get out of ...
In a message dated 11/3/2003 1:04:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... It also what you are looking to play, and under what circumstances (amplified, acoustic,...
RFGS@...
Nov 3, 2003 11:52 pm
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I looked at the King drums, they are beautiful. I actually am looking for information on the drum on the cover of the Abraxis album, it has a very odd flared...
Ray, are you talking about the drum in the painting on the cover ? Any way, Mike Carabello once told me that the painting was actually on the ceiling of an...
Hi folks, Barry Cox asked me to forward this on to latinperc...
Steve Tierra
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Nov 4, 2003 7:37 pm
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Mr. Ortiz, has done a great and significant work on Cuban music. Hopefully this will be republished in modern type, and available again. Steve Mah, thanks so...
Go to e-bay and do a seller's search for doctorrumba1. The last is the number 1 not the letter l. The period is not part of the seller name. There are four...
... When I tried that, I had a 0 Return from Ebay search The seller's name is listed as doctorumba1 (only one r and no space between any letter/digit) but it...
Steve Tierra
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Nov 5, 2003 5:28 pm
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Yes there is only one r. That was a typo. I did it yesterday and got the items. Dont now what is not working now. This is Dario's original posting. If anybody...
Steve, I just tried it again and got the four items listed plus one new one. I think these are going to get much more expensive, especially the collector's...
If anyone can tell me more about Vergaras drums, that would be appreciated I tried to search on Google for information, but did not find anything. I can not...
Here is a picture of this drum after reconstruction. Hanafi the owner has tried to find out the history, he e-mailed the artists website but the artist is...
Greetings I am happy to announce that the details of the monthly drum circle have been finalized. Every second Monday night of the month I will be hosting a...
